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Four innate sentiments dispose people to a universal moral sense. These are sympathy, fairness, self-control and duty. — James Q. Wilson
His words even imply that philanthropy has deeper depths than is generally realized. The great emotions of compassion and mercy are traced to Him; there… — Fulton J. Sheen
Peace of heart that is won by refusing to bear the common yoke of human sympathy is a peace unworthy of a Christian. To seek… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Bottled, was he?" Said Colonel Bantry, with an Englishman's sympathy for alcoholic excess. "Oh, well, can't judge a fellow by what he does when he's… — Agatha Christie
The double law of attraction and radiation or of sympathy and antipathy, of fixedness and movement, which is the principle of Creation, and the perpetual… — Albert Pike
It is a man's sympathy with all creatures that first makes him truly a man. — Albert Schweitzer
Those who have never been ill are incapable of real sympathy for a great many misfortunes — Andre Gide
The professional must learn to be moved and touched emotionally, yet at the same time stand back objectively: I've seen a lot of damage done… — Anthony Storr
A silent look of affection and regard when all other eyes are turned coldly away-the consciousness that we possess the sympathy and affection of one… — Charles Dickens
Science is better than sympathy, if only it is science. — E. M. Forster
'Oh, poor, poor fellow!' said Mrs. Elliot with a remorse that was sincere, though her congratulations would not have been. — E. M. Forster
There is too much sour grapes for my taste in the present American attitude. The time to denounce the bankers was when we were all… — Edith Wharton
The inspired scribbler always has the gift for gossip in our common usage he or she can always inspire the commonplace with an uncommon flavor,… — Elizabeth Drew
Many times I am asked why the suffering of animals should call forth more sympathy from me than the suffering of human beings; why I… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
It is difficult to define love; all we can say is, that in the soul it is a desire to rule, in the mind it… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
When we are out of sympathy with the young, then I think our work in this world is over — George MacDonald
I believe that what so saddens the reformer is not his sympathy with his fellows in distress, but, though he be the holiest son of… — Henry David Thoreau
When we appropriate money from the public funds to pay for vaccinating a horde of negroes, we do not do it because we have any… — H. L. Mencken
Any real New Yorker is a you-name-it-we-have-it-snob whose heart brims with sympathy for the millions of unfortunates who through misfortune, misguidedness or pure stupidity live… — Russell Lynes
It seemed to me that all things were possible on the island, all tyrannies and cruelties, though in small; and if, in despite of what… — J M Coetzee
I thought she'd [her mother] offer me some sympathy. Instead, she said, 'Don't you ever call me crying again! You wanted to be in this… — Jennifer Lopez
One is led astray alike by sympathy and coldness, by praise and by blame — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Whatever sympathy I feel towards religions, whatever admiration for some of their adherents, whatever historical or biological necessity I see in them, whatever metaphorical truth,… — John Fowles
One of the little-celebrated powers of Presidents (and other high government officials) is to listen to their critics with just enough sympathy to ensure their… — John Kenneth Galbraith
I required kindness and sympathy, but I did not believe myself utterly unworthy of it. — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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